Students who complete the course become qualified for basic construction jobs.

“It’s a win-win-win when you invest in a building that can build up students, K-12, adults and then the city as a whole,” says Deputy Superintendent for Partnership and Innovation Alycia Meriweather. “If you think about it — it’s pretty amazing to look at the young people in here – learning skills and trades that they can then go and get a job.”

The goal of the program is to connect students to jobs, apprenticeships, and union training — and paying for the training of adults — with a goal of providing equal training opportunity to both students and adults.

“The adult training is really important,” says .”Because we need workers in the city of Detroit who have a specific set of training — we need Detroiters to work in Detroit and to be able to contribute to the rebuilding of the city,” says Meriweather.